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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by bagacrap on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:16PM (#10313859)
Well they do charge you money for the device. I think in the long term the goal is probably more about connecting the internet to your living room (making that ubiquitous) which naturally means more YouTube usage which means more ads. They don't necessarily need a cut of every app's revenue.
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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by muddi900 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:41PM (#10314520)
By the way, almost every Youtube-on-TV app can be controlled Chromecast-like manner by the mobile app.
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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by thrownaway2424 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:27PM (#10314870)
YouTube is great about compatibility. It automatically detects my Oppo Blu-Ray player for casting, and if nothing else you can always navigate on your display device to youtube.com/tv and pair the display with your mobile app via QR code or alphanumeric code. YouTube can control literally any device that is capable of browsing to the YouTube site.
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